If he's chasing the full restoration of his legacy, he's chasing something that he really can't get.
“I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of effort to be nice to those people, and I am very grateful for the kind words that people have taken the trouble to express to me in person.”
“A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.”